03.16.14 Worship Confessional

This morning as we continued our series, “Marks of a Missional Community,”we explored the role of neighborhood in the kingdom of God. Lesslie Newbiggin believed that a missional community would be a community that does not live for itself but is deeply involved in the concerns of is neighborhood. He goes on to state in his book, ‘The Gospel in a Pluralistic Society,” that this community will be the church for the specific place where it lives, not the church for those who wish to be members of it – or rather, it will be for them insofar as they are willing to be for the wider community.

What does it mean to be FOR your community? How is your local church living out its commitment to the well-being of your community?

bio

My name is Terry and I serve as lead pastor of Christ Community Church of the South Hills, a missional community of faith in Pittsburgh, PA. My background in the ﬁelds of music, education, theology and leadership fuel my passion of helping people become everything God intended, created, redeemed and gifted them to be. My current project is a book on worship entitled, A Movable Feast: Worship for the Other Six Days. Family is important to me and I’ve been married to a great woman, Patty and together we have raised four children and have two awesome grandsons, Christopher and Roman.

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* Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen (Ephesians 3:20-21).
* Have the peace that passes understanding at the heart of yourself, but do not be at peace with the world. For the world is more malleable than we think and we must wrestle it from fools (Bono).